Stjepan Božić (born October 23, 1974) is a

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super middleweight Super middleweight, or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing In professional boxing, super middleweight is contested between the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, in which boxers can weigh between 160 pounds ( ...

boxer. He won the title of World Boxing Foundation (WBFo) world champion on June 6, 2005, fighting against Australian Nader Hamdan. He successfully defended the title on December 2 in the same year versus Argentinian Julio Vasquez. He won the WBA intercontinental title versus Danish Lolenga Mock. After several defenses of the WBA intercontinental title, Božić landed a shot at the WBA world title, losing to Dimitri Sartison by sixth round TKO.

Personal life

Stjepan married Angelina in 2005 and they had two children together, Dominik and Matej. In April 2010 Stjepan announced that he was getting divorced.

Professional boxing record

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align=center , - align=center , Win , align=center, 29–8, , align=left, Miroslav Kvocka , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , - align=center , Loss , align=center, 28–8, , align=left, Fedor Chudinov , , , , align=left, , align=left, For vacant WBC CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau (CISBB) super middleweight title , - align=center , - align=center , Win , align=center, 28–7, , align=left, Paata Varduashvili , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , - align=center , Win , align=center, 27–7, , align=left, Edo Čavrk , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , - align=center , Loss , align=center, 26–7, , align=left, James DeGale , , , , align=left, , align=left, For WBC Silver super middleweight title , - align=center , - align=center , Win , align=center, 26–6, , align=left, Gordan Glišić , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , - align=center , Win , align=center, 25–6, , align=left, Miša Nikolić , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , align=center, 24–6, , align=left, Henry Weber , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , align=center, 24–5, , align=left, Arthur Abraham , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 24–4, , align=left, Gyula Gaspar , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , align=center, 23–4, , align=left, Dimitri Sartison , , , , align=left, , align=left, For vacant WBA World super middleweight title , - align=center , Win , align=center, 23–3, , align=left, Joseph Sovijus , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 22–3, , align=left, Roman Aramian , , , , align=left, , align=left, Retained WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title , - align=center , Win , align=center, 21–3, , align=left, Djamel Selini , , , , align=left, , align=left, Retained WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title , - align=center , Win , align=center, 20–3, , align=left, Lolenga Mock , , , , align=left, , align=left, Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title , - align=center , Win , align=center, 19–3, , align=left, Stefan Stanko , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , align=center, 18–3, , align=left, Vitaliy Tsypko , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , align=center, 18–2, , align=left, David Gogiya , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 18–1, , align=left, Julio César Vásquez , , , , align=left, , align=left, Retained World Boxing Foundation super middleweight title , - align=center , Win , align=center, 17–1, , align=left, Nader Hamdan , , , , align=left, , align=left, Won vacant World Boxing Foundation super middleweight title , - align=center , Win , align=center, 16–1, , align=left, Octavian Stoica , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 15–1, , align=left, Wilfried Visee Rivelli , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 14–1, , align=left, Eliseo Nogueira , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 13–1, , align=left, Karim Bennama , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 12–1, , align=left, Eliseo Nogueira , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 11–1, , align=left, Andras Lukats , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 10–1, , align=left, Youssef Temsoury , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 9–1, , align=left, Stefan Stanko , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 8–1, , align=left, Morahir Babayan , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 7–1, , align=left, Milojko Pivljanin , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Loss , align=center, 6–1, , align=left, Aime Bafounta , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 6–0, , align=left, Ricardo Simarra , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 5–0, , align=left, Stefan Stanko , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 4–0, , align=left, Giovanni Jemma , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 3–0, , align=left, Karim Gherbi , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 2–0, , align=left, Miloud Chinoun , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center , Win , align=center, 1–0, , align=left, Tibor Horvath , , , , align=left, , align=left, , - align=center

References

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